Wired Magazine visual essays

Concept and design of dozens of two to three-spread visual essays for Wired magazine starting with the premiere issue January 1993. Our objective was to create a relevant visual context for the new ideas that continually appeared in the magazine. Most of these spreads were printed in six colors. These visual essays were always an experiment in integrating content, technology and design. Each one was topic specific and conceived as editorial statements. (Wried magazine CD: John Plunkett)

Wired Magazine visual essays, 93-8

Concept and design of dozens of two to three-spread visual essays for Wired magazine starting with the premiere issue January 1993. Our objective was to create a relevant visual context for the new ideas that continually appeared in the magazine. Most of these spreads were printed in six colors. These visual essays were always an experiment in integrating content, technology and design. Each one was topic specific and conceived as editorial statements. (Wried magazine CD: John Plunkett)

Notable works are visual essays and websites for Wired, the short documentary Webdreamer exploring the decay of digital culture, the book Architecture Must Burn and the branding of IBM software. Recent projects include the Spontaneous Interventions exhibits, a 400m-tall animation for the ICC tower in Hong Kong, and the design of Expanded Field, an exploration of the convergence between architecture and art practices. Other commissions include installations for biennales in Paris, Lisbon, St Etienne and Venice.

Adigard teaches communication design at the California College of the Arts. He works between M-A-D’s main office in the SF Bay Area and his studio in Montpellier, France.

Education

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Undergraduate,

Postgraduate

2011
– today

California College of the Arts (USA)

Adjunct professor of communication design, time-based media and image experimentation.
Other academic projects include workshops in the US and Europe since 2000